( Spoilers for Only Lovers Left Alive )

Thank you, Roger Ebert ( Read more... )

New trailer for The Hobbit. So much love for Andy Serkis, and I think I'm developing a crush on Richard Armitage's voice just from the clips.

I finally got around to watching HancockI liked it, but after reading a little about the film, I agree that it shouldn't have been edited down to a PG-13 rating. I think adding 30 minutes of running time, a bit more script polishing, and not trying to make it a blockbuster superhero movie (instead of the adult superhero movie it might've been), ( Read more... )

I finally saw this twisted little movie, and I liked it.

It's always validating when a film reviewer mirrors one's own opinions.

( Minor spoilers behind the cut )

Total credit goes to my awesome husband for finding and sharing this, because I hadn't heard a peep about it. This looks amazing:

I'm marking December 10th on my calendar right now.

I really liked Inception. To paraphrase someone from the ReelViews forums, while it might not be the masterpiece that we anticipated, it's still an engaging, thought-provoking film ( Read more... )

Coming attractions
While waiting for the movie to start, it occurred to me that we're approaching the ten year anniversary of the initial Lord of the Rings film. The Fellowship of the Ring debuted in the US on December 19th, 2001. Does anyone know if the studios plan to do an event commemorating this? It would be nifty to have a special showing of ( Read more... )

Somehow, my radar missed this movie. I don't know why, but I knew next to nothing about it aside from a quick mention from streamweaver here (via his Twitter feed), and from jasondemotte over on Facebook.

Fortunately, my husband was interested in going.

( Contains minor spoilers )

• Roger and Chaz Ebert on Oprah, part 1
• Roger and Chaz Ebert on Oprah, part 2

I joined Ebert's club, and while I did it primarily to show support for a gifted writer whose work I've admired for years (I was the movie critic for my high school paper), I've been pleasantly surprised by the quality of the dialogue in the comments. I'm glad I did it, ( Read more... )